''Stockholm'' is the debut solo album by American singer
Chrissie Hynde
Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician. She is a founding member and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band the Pretenders, and one of the band's two remaining original members alon ...
, lead singer of
The Pretenders
Pretenders are an English–American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Fa ...
. It was released on June 10, 2014. It features several guests such as Canadian musician
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...
and former tennis player
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court beha ...
.
Critical reception
''Stockholm'' received mixed to positive reviews. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 18 reviews.
Track listing
Personnel
*Chrissie Hynde - vocals
*
Joakim Åhlund
Frans Joakim "Jocke" Åhlund (born 9 August 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish musician, producer and music video director. He is the lead guitarist and lead singer of the band Caesars, and a member of the bands Teddybears, Smile and Les ...
– guitar, producer, backing vocals
*Petter Axelsson – viola
*Zacharias Blad – backing vocals
*Mattias Boström – electric guitar
*Ulf Engström – bass, backing vocals
*John Eriksson – drums, percussion
*Andreas Forsman – violin
*Niklas Gabrielsson – drums
*Nino Keller – bass, backing vocals
*Cony Lindgren – violin
*
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court beha ...
– electric guitar
*Andreas Pettersson – steel guitar
*Leo Svensson – cello
*
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...
– electric guitar
*
Björn Yttling – electric bass, celeste, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mellotron, organ, percussion, piano, producer, synthesizer
;Technical
*Gavin Goldberg – engineer
*Gustav Lindelöw – engineer
*Nille Perned – engineer
*Hans Stenlund – engineer
*
Andy Wright – engineer
*Lasse Mårtén – mixing
*Henrik Jonsson – mastering
*Thomas Kurmeier – images
*Ruth Rowland – lettering
*Dean Chalkley – photography
Charts
Singles
References
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2014 debut albums
Caroline Records albums
Chrissie Hynde albums
Albums produced by Björn Yttling
Power pop albums by American artists